Royals vs Athletics match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, September 27th

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Royals @ Athletics Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Teams : Kansas City Royals at Athletics
Series : Series Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, September 27th
Time : 27/09/25 22:05:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Kansas City Royals Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Sutter Health Park as the 5th-best park in baseball for run-scoring.

Sutter Health Park has the 3rd-shortest fence height (on average) in the majors.

This contest is expected to have the 12th-best weather for pitching among all the games scheduled today.

The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 10.8-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-best of the day for batters.

Brett Harris will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

Carter Jensen will have the handedness advantage against Mitch Spence today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jacob Wilson as the 16th-best hitter in the game as it relates to his batting average talent.

Jacob Wilson is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jac Caglianone in the 81st percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

Nick Kurtz projects as the 8th-best home run hitter in the majors, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Nick Kurtz is penciled in 1st on the lineup card today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Salvador Perez in the 93rd percentile when estimating his home run skill.

Salvador Perez is penciled in 5th in the lineup today.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s assessment, Michael Wacha’s overall pitching talent grades out in the 77th percentile out of all starters in the game currently.

In his last game started, Michael Wacha turned in a great performance and conceded 1 ER.

Michael Wacha’s 78th percentile BB% (6% this year) shows his favorable control skills.

Playing on the road typically lowers pitcher metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Michael Wacha in today’s matchup.

Adam Frazier will hold the platoon advantage against Mitch Spence today.

Mike Yastrzemski is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.

Brent Rooker projects as the 16th-best hitter in the majors, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Brent Rooker is projected to hit 4th in the batting order in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bobby Witt Jr. as the 6th-best batter in MLB when it comes to his batting average ability.

Bobby Witt Jr. is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card today.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, Tyler Soderstrom ranks in the 86th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Tyler Soderstrom is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Shea Langeliers in the 96th percentile as it relates to his home run ability.

Shea Langeliers is penciled in 2nd in the batting order today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Maikel Garcia in the 96th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent.

Maikel Garcia is penciled in 4th in the batting order in today’s game.

Vinnie Pasquantino is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card today.

As it relates to his home run ability, Lawrence Butler ranks in the 82nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Negatives with the Athletics Game Today

Brett Harris is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in today’s game.

Sutter Health Park has the 6th-deepest left field dimensions in the majors.

Michael Wacha will hold the platoon advantage over Brett Harris in today’s matchup.

Carter Jensen is projected to bat 6th in the batting order today.

Sutter Health Park has the 9th-most fair ground among all major league parks — generally bad for dingers.

Playing on the road typically lowers hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Carter Jensen in today’s game.

Batting from the same side that Michael Wacha throws from, Jacob Wilson encounters a tough challenge in today’s game.

Jac Caglianone is projected to bat 9th in the lineup in this matchup.

Jac Caglianone hits many of his flyballs to center field (39% — 88th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of baseball’s 11th-deepest CF fences today.

Jac Caglianone will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

Nick Kurtz has an 87th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.4%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

Batting from the same side that Mitch Spence throws from, Salvador Perez will have a disadvantage in today’s game.

Salvador Perez pulls many of his flyballs (37.3% — 95th percentile) and will be challenged by the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Salvador Perez will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Wacha to throw 82 pitches today (13th-least of all pitchers today), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

The #6 field in the majors for boosting walks, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Sutter Health Park.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Adam Frazier in the 3rd percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

Adam Frazier is penciled in 8th in the lineup in this game.

Playing on the road generally diminishes batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Adam Frazier today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Mike Yastrzemski in the 9th percentile when it comes to his BABIP skill.

Mike Yastrzemski will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today.

Michael Wacha will have the handedness advantage against Brent Rooker in today’s game.

Brent Rooker pulls a lot of his flyballs (33.6% — 79th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Mitch Spence will have the handedness advantage against Bobby Witt Jr. today.

Bobby Witt Jr. will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today.

In today’s matchup, Tyler Soderstrom is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 36.4% rate (91st percentile).

Michael Wacha will have the handedness advantage over Shea Langeliers today.

Shea Langeliers pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.8% — 91st percentile) and will be challenged by the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences today.

Mitch Spence will hold the platoon advantage against Maikel Garcia in today’s game.

Maikel Garcia hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (38.5% — 78th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the game’s 11th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Maikel Garcia will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Vinnie Pasquantino in the 10th percentile when it comes to his BABIP skill.

Vinnie Pasquantino will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

Lawrence Butler has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this year (78% of the time), but he is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

Today, Lawrence Butler is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 38.2% rate (96th percentile).

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